UNO Professor Lecture
On November 12, 2020, Dr. Gianna Cothren, professor of civil engineering at the University of New Orleans, gave a lecture to the Satellite Center’s engineering design class. It was on engineering analysis of truss structures. This was the same lecture she gives to her sophomore-level engineering students at the university.
This lecture gave our team members an idea of what a college engineering course is like. The ease with which they understood the concepts presented has increased their confidence of success in college.
The engineering design class is currently working on a truss bridge design project. The Team Members will use the same analysis techniques presented by Dr. Cothren in developing their bridge designs. After determining their designs are satisfactory, they will build a model bridge for testing. The tests will determine which are the most capable and most efficient designs.